LoadRunner and Performance Center

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1 LoadRunner and Performance Center Software Version: System Requirements (Product Availability Matrix) Document Release Date: February 2018 Software Release Date: February 2018 Document Release Date: February 2018 Software Release Date: February 2018

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3 Contents This document (previously named Product Availability Matrix or PAM) provides up-to-date system requirements and ed environments for installing and running LoadRunner and Performance Center. LoadRunner and Performance Center Host System Requirements (Windows)... 3 LoadRunner System Requirements (Linux)... 7 Performance Center Server System Requirements Performance Center Web Client System Requirements ALM System Requirements Integrations Supported GUI Languages Protocols LoadRunner and Performance Center (12.56) 3

4 LoadRunner and Performance Center Host System Requirements (Windows) This section provides system requirement information for the following products: LoadRunner Full Performance Center Host VuGen Standalone Analysis Standalone Load Generator Monitor Over Firewall MI Listener TruClient Standalone Hardware requirements This table provides hardware requirements for the products listed above. Memory and CPU requirements vary per protocol and system under test. Hardware component Supported Recommended Processor 2 core CPU 8 core CPU Processor for UI level protocols* 8 core CPU 16 core CPU Memory (RAM) 8 GB 16 GB Memory (RAM) for UI level protocols* 16 GB 32 GB Available hard disk space 50 GB 100 GB; SSD drive Network card 1 GBit/s * Such as TruClient, Citrix, SAPGUI, and so on. LoadRunner and Performance Center (12.56) 3

5 Software requirements This table provides software requirements for the products listed above. Software component Supported Recommended Operating system (See Windows Updates below) Microsoft Windows bit* Microsoft Windows bit (Creators and Fall Creators Update) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 64-bit** Microsoft Windows Server bit Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 64-bit Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 64-bit* Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 Microsoft Edge (not ed for TruClient) Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 Screen resolution 1366x768 or higher 1600x900 or higher * Can be used only with IE 11. ** Recommended for TruClient Vusers. LoadRunner and Performance Center (12.56) 4

6 Windows updates Before you install any components on a Windows machine, make sure that the full set of Windows updates has been installed, or install the Windows updates listed in the table below. Note: Before you install any of the Windows updates, disable UAC (User Account Control) and restart the computer. For details on how to disable UAC, refer to the Microsoft Windows documentation. Windows version Windows 7 64-bit Windows 2008 R2 64-bit Windows bit* Windows 2012 R2 64-bit* Windows bit* Required updates SP1 Update for Universal C Runtime (UCRT) in Windows KB x64 Install the following pack of updates: 1. KB x64 or KB x64 (one of these two updates) 2. KB x64 3. KB x64 4. KB x64 (if applicable) 5. KB x64 6. KB x64 7. KB x64 8. KB x64 KB * The list of required updates might change due to Microsoft s update delivery policy or new Windows update releases. If you experience any issues, please contact Micro Focus Software Support. LoadRunner and Performance Center (12.56) 5

7 Component coexistence The LoadRunner Full installation is installed on a single machine. Every other LoadRunner component must be installed on a separate machine, except for Analysis Standalone which can coexist on the same machine with VuGen Standalone or TruClient Standalone. Supported coexistence Analysis Standalone installed with VuGen Standalone Analysis Standalone installed with TruClient Standalone Analysis database types The following table lists the database types and versions that are ed by LoadRunner Analysis. Supported database type Versions MS Access 2010, 2013 MS SQL 2008 R2, 2012 SQLite v3 LoadRunner and Performance Center (12.56) 6

8 LoadRunner System Requirements (Linux) Linux installation The following table lists the system requirements and distributions for installing the Load Generator component on a Linux machine (only the Load Generator component is ed for installation on Linux). Note: Load Generators all X Servers. Component Supported Recommended Processor 2 core CPU 8 core CPU Distribution Oracle Enterprise Linux 7.1 UEK, bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux bit SUSE Linux Server Enterprise (SLES) version bit Ubuntu Server Linux LTS 64-bit Ubuntu Server Linux LTS 64-bit* Red Hat Enterprise Linux bit* Memory (RAM) 8 GB 16 GB Available hard disk space 10 GB 20 GB * Supports dockerized load generators. LoadRunner and Performance Center (12.56) 7

9 Prerequisite packages for 64-bit installations The following table lists the packages that must be installed on Linux machines before installing the 64-bit version of a load generator. Distribution Prerequisites How to check if it is installed How to install Red Hat family including Oracle Linux glibc.i686 glib2.i686 keyutils-libs.i686 rpm -qa --qf '%{NAME}.%{ARCH}\n' grep -E 'glibc\.(i686 i386)' rpm -qa --qf '%{NAME}.%{ARCH}\n' grep -E 'glib2\.(i686 i386)' yum install <package_name> yum install keyutils-libs.i686 yum install libidn.i686 libstdc++.i686 libstdc++47.i686 (Amazon Linux) rpm -qa --qf '%{NAME}.%{ARCH}\n' grep -E 'keyutilslibs\.(i686 i386)' rpm -qa --qf '%{NAME}.%{ARCH}\n' grep -E 'libstdc\+\+[0-9]*\.(i686 i386)' Note: If your machine already has glib 64-bit (such as OEL7), make sure to update it to the latest version to avoid conflicts before installing glib2 32- bit. libidn.i686 rpm -qa --qf '%{NAME}.%{ARCH}\n' grep -E 'libidn\.(i686 i386)' ncurses-libs.i686 (required by Security Console) rpm -qa --qf '%{NAME}.%{ARCH}\n' grep -E 'ncurses(- libs)?\.(i686 i386)' Ubuntu Server libc6-i386 libglib2.0-0:i386 lib32stdc++6 libkeyutils1:i386 lib32ncurses5 (required by Security Console) libidn11:i386 dpkg -l libc6-i386 grep 'ii' dpkg -l libglib2.0-0:i386 grep 'ii' dpkg -l lib32stdc++6 grep 'ii' dpkg -l libkeyutils1:i386 grep 'ii' dpkg -l lib32ncurses5 grep 'ii' dpkg -l libidn11:i386 grep 'ii' apt-get install <package_name> apt-get install libkeyutils1:i386 apt-get install libidn11:i386 LoadRunner and Performance Center (12.56) 8

10 Distribution Prerequisites How to check if it is installed How to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 64-bit lincurses5 32-bit glibc 32-bit libglib-2_0-0-32bit libstdc bit keyutils-libs-32bit libidn11-32bit rpm -qa --qf '%{NAME}.%{ARCH}\n' grep -E 'ncurses[0-9]*-32bit' rpm -qa --qf '%{NAME}.%{ARCH}\n' grep -E 'glibc- 32bit' rpm -qa --qf '%{NAME}.%{ARCH}\n' grep -E 'libglib- 2_0-0-32bit' rpm -qa --qf '%{NAME}.%{ARCH}\n' grep -E 'libstdc\+\+6-32bit' rpm -qa --qf '%{NAME}.%{ARCH}\n' grep -E 'keyutilslibs-32bit' rpm -qa --qf '%{NAME}.%{ARCH}\n' grep -E 'libidn11-32bit' zypper install libncurses5-32- bit zypper install glibc-32-bit zypper install libglib-2_ bit zypper install libstdc bit zypper install libkeyutils1-32bit zypper install libidn11-32bit LoadRunner and Performance Center (12.56) 9

11 Performance Center Server System Requirements The following table displays the system requirements for installing a Performance Center server. Component Supported Recommended Processor 4 core CPU 8 core CPU Memory (RAM) 8 GB 16 GB or higher Available hard disk space 80 GB 100 GB; SSD drive Operating system Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 64-bit Microsoft Windows Server bit Microsoft Windows Server bit Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 64-bit Web server IIS 7.5, 8.0, 8.5, 10.0 LoadRunner and Performance Center (12.56) 10

12 Performance Center Web Client System Requirements The following table displays the system requirements for Performance Center Web client. Component Supported Recommended Screen resolution Browser Microsoft Windows: 1366x768 or higher Mac OS: 1280x800 or higher Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 (on Windows) Mozilla Firefox 45.x (on Windows) Apple Safari 9.x (on Mac OS) 1600x900 or higher Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 (on Windows) Google Chrome 49.x (on Windows) ALM System Requirements As a prerequisite to installing Performance Center components, you must install Micro Focus Application Lifecycle Management (ALM). For ALM system requirements, see the System Requirements guide available from the ALM Help Center. LoadRunner and Performance Center (12.56) 11

13 Integrations The following integrations are ed with this version of LoadRunner and Performance Center. Integrations with other Micro Focus products To view ed product version information online, see the Micro Focus Integration Catalog. Note: IPv6 is provided for Application Lifecycle Management and SiteScope. Product LoadRunner Performance Center Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) 12.55, Patch 1 Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Patch 4 x ALM Octane or later (using Jenkins plugin 5.2 or later) x Diagnostics 9.40 Mobile Center 2.6 (ed in TruClient Native Mobile protocol only) Network Virtualization 9.13 Real User Monitor (RUM) 9.40 x Service Virtualization 4.00 SiteScope Unified Functional Testing (UFT) 14.01, 14.02, LoadRunner and Performance Center (12.56) 12

14 Integration with non- Micro Focus products The following integrations with non-micro Focus products are compatible with this version of LoadRunner and Performance Center. Supported products Supported versions Comments Visual Studio IDE plugin 2013, 2015 NUnit Eclipse IDE plugin Neon/Mars/Luna/Oxygen Required: Java 1.7x, 1.8x 32/64-bit ed Recommended: JUnit or later Selenium or later Jenkins Jenkins server 1.0, 2.0 Uses Micro Focus Jenkins plugin 5.3. See the Micro Focus Jenkins documentation. Bamboo Tested with Uses Bamboo plugin 1.01, available from Atlassian Marketplace. See the Performance Center Bamboo Plugin documentation in the Performance Center help. New Relic Tested with New Relic REST API (v2) Supported in Performance Center only. See the New Relic Monitor documentation in the Performance Center help. Dynatrace Tested with 7.0 See the Dynatrace Monitor documentation in the LoadRunner or Performance Center help. AppDynamics Tested with 4.4 See the AppDynamics Monitor documentation in the Performance Center help. LoadRunner and Performance Center (12.56) 13

15 Supported GUI Languages Language Packs enable you to view the LoadRunner and Performance Center user interfaces in your local language. The following languages are ed: Language LoadRunner Performance Center Chinese Simplified French German Italian x Japanese Korean Russian Spanish x LoadRunner and Performance Center (12.56) 14

16 Protocols The following table lists the ed Vuser protocols in LoadRunner. Protocol Program Supported versions Supported servers Native 64- bit client recording IPv6 HPE NV 9.13 IP spoofing Speed emulation Load Generator OS Multiprotocol Comments Remote protocols Citrix ICA Citrix Receiver for Windows 4.x or later. Check the Citrix Product Matrix for Receiver and Server compatibility. Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 5.x or later StoreFront/Web Interface 2.x or later N Y Y N N Any ed Windows OS Y Citrix Agent s XenApp and XenDesktop servers. Network Virtualization s Load Generator mode only. Recomended version of Citrix Receiver is 4.7. CitrixAgent does not text-trapping functions (ctrx_sync_on_text_ex and ctrx_get_text) on Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, or later versions of Windows. RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) RDP Windows 2008 Standard/R2 Windows 7 32/64-bit Windows 8/8.1 Windows 2012 Standard/R2 Windows 10 Windows 2016 Y Y Y Y N Any ed Windows OS Y Requires workaround connection to Windows 10 or Windows Server Teradici PCoIP Teradici PCoIP Client and compatible implementations Teradici VMware Horizon Teradici PCoIP Agent Teradici PCoIP Connection Manager Teradici PCoIP Security Gateway VMware Horizon N N Y N N Any ed Windows OS N Network Virtualization s Load Generator mode only. RTE (Remote Terminal Emulator) PowerTerm for HPE(built-in version with LoadRunner). Supported modes: 3270, 5250, VTxxx N/A N Y Y N N Any ed Windows OS (except Windows 10 and Windows 2016) N GUI protocols Ajax - Click and Script Internet Explorer IE 10/11 N/A N Y Y Y Y Windows 7 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit Windows Server 2012 R2 64-bit Y Recommended: Record Ajax Click & Script scripts on Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 are not ed. SAP GUI SAPGUI 7.40 patch 13 SAP R/3 4.60c ECC 5.0 (ERP 2004) SAP HANA Edition 6.0 (ERP 2005) N Y Y N N Windows 7 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit Windows Server 2012 R2 64-bit Y Recommended: Use the most recent SAPGUI patch. SAP GUI is not ed on Windows 10 and Windows Server Mozilla Firefox Built-in TruClient - Web MS Internet Explorer IE 10,11 N/A N/A Y Y Y Y Any ed Windows OS N Chromium Built-in (64-bit) TruClient Browser Built-in (64-bit) TruClient Browser is based on Mozilla Firefox technology and ed in Tech Preview mode only LoadRunner and Performance Center (12.56) 15

17 Protocol Program Supported versions Supported servers Native 64- bit client recording IPv6 HPE NV 9.13 IP spoofing Speed emulation Load Generator OS Multiprotocol Comments TruClient - Mobile Web Firefox Built-in N/A N/A Y Y Y Y Any ed Windows OS N TruClient - Native Mobile Refer to the Mobile Center documentation for details Mobile Center 2.6 N/A N/A Y (ed through Mobile Center server) N/A N/A Any ed Windows OS N Mobile Center is required for this protocol. Physical devices are necessary to record and replay scripts. Add-in protocols C++.NET Template (Visual Studio Add-in) MS Visual Studio N/A N/A N/A Y Y Y Any ed Windows OS N C#.NET Template (Visual Studio Add-in) MS Visual Studio N/A N/A N/A Y Y Y Any ed Windows OS N VB.NET Template (Visual Studio Add-in) MS Visual Studio N/A N/A N/A Y Y Y Any ed Windows OS N Java Vuser for Continuous Delivery (Eclipse Add-in for Developers) Eclipse IDE Neon,Mars,Luna,Oxygen N/A N/A N/A Y N/A N/A Any ed Windows OS N Unit Test based on.net (Visual Studio Add-in for Developers) MS Visual Studio Unit 3.2 Unit N/A N/A N/A Y N/A N/A Any ed Windows OS N Custom Protocols developed with Protocol SDK Vendor dependent Visual Studio 2015 Vendor dependent Vendor dependent Vendor dependent Y Vendor dependent N Vendor dependent N Web protocols Flex Same Internet Explorer as in Web HTTP/HTML Flex SDK 4.6 AMF0 AMF3 RTMPT RTMP, RTMPS LCDS 3.1/4.7 BlazeDS 4 FMS3 FMS4 GraniteDS 2.2 Y Y Y Y Y Any ed Windows OS Y Oracle NCA Oracle Applications JInitiator JInitiator Forms Forms 6i+ Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.x Y Y Y Y Y Any ed OS Y To work with Oracle client, install one of the following JVMs: JRE 7/8 or JDK 7/8. LoadRunner and Performance Center (12.56) 16

18 Protocol Program Supported versions Supported servers Native 64- bit client recording IPv6 HPE NV 9.13 IP spoofing Speed emulation Load Generator OS Multiprotocol Comments MS Internet Explorer Same as Web - HTTP/HTML protocol Oracle - Web Y Y Forms JInitiator Oracle Applications Forms 6i+ JInitiator Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.x N/A Y Y Y Any ed OS Y To work with Oracle client, install one of the following JVMs: JRE 7/8 or JDK 7/8. SAP - Web Same as Web - HTTP/HTML protocol N/A Y Y Y Y Y Any ed OS Y Siebel - Web Oracle (Siebel) CRM N/A (OpenUI) Y Y Y Y Y Any ed OS Y MS Internet Explorer IE 10, 11, Edge Y Google Chrome latest Y Firefox latest N Web - HTTP/HTML libpcap PCAP N/A Y Y Y Y tcpdump WinPcap N/A Wireshark Network Sniffer Fiddler 4.5.x HAR file 1.2 Any ed OS Y GWT: GWT Request Factory requires GWT and Java 1.8. JavaScript language is not ed in Linux RHEL 6.x (use other Linux distributions). DFE is not ed in Linux OSs. Web Services MS Internet Explorer Google Chrome Firefox WSDL 1.0/1.1 SOAP 1.1/1.2 WCF UDDI 2/3 WS-Security 1.0/1.1 Attachments: Dime/Mime/MTOM/ Base64Binary JMS Y Y Y Y Y Any ed Windows OS Y Supported SOAP features: WS HTTP-binding, Net TCP Binding, Named Piped, Basic HTTP Binding and various custom binding, Federation scenarios, WS-SecureConversation, WS-ReliableMessaging, WS-Addressing, Username Token, X509 Certificate Token, Kerberos Token, Message signature, Message encryption. IoT protocols MQTT N/A 3.1, RabbitMQ Mosquitto N/A N Y Y N Any ed OS Y LoadRunner and Performance Center (12.56) 17

19 Protocol Program Supported versions Supported servers Native 64- bit client recording IPv6 HPE NV 9.13 IP spoofing Speed emulation Load Generator OS Multiprotocol Comments.NET/Java protocols.net.net Framework * 3.5 SP1* 4* 4.5* N/A Y** N/A Y N Y Any ed Windows OS N * Supported on backward compatibility level. ** AUTs compiled in "AnyCPU" mode only. Java Record Replay Oracle JDK (32/64-bit) 1.6.x 1.7.x 1.8.x WebLogic 11.x Generic Y N/A Y N N Any ed Windows OS N Oracle 64-bit JRE is ed for recording only. Network Virtualization s Load Generator mode only. Java over HTTP Oracle JDK (32/64-bit) 1.6.x 1.7.x 1.8.x Browsers : IE and Firefox same as in Web HTTP/HTML Y Y Y Y Y Any ed Windows OS N Recording using Oracle 64-bit JRE is not ed on Windows 10. Remote Proxy recording is not ed for Firefox 38 or later. Java Vuser Oracle JDK (32/64-bit) 1.6.x 1.7.x 1.8.x N/A N/A N/A Y N N Any ed Windows OS N Network Virtualization s Load Generator mode only. Mail protocols IMAP (Internet Messaging) N/A N/A N/A N Y Y Y Y Any ed OS Y MAPI (Microsoft Exchange) Outlook N/A N/A N/A Y N N Any ed Windows OS N Network Virtualization s Load Generator mode only. POP3 (Post Office Protocol) N/A N/A N/A N Y Y Y Y Any ed OS Y POP3S: SSL. SMTP (Simple Mail Protocol) N/A 4.x N/A N Y Y Y Y Any ed OS Y SMTPS: SSL. Database protocols ODBC ODBC ODBC Driver Mgr N/A Y N Y N Y Any ed OS Y G 10G Oracle - 2 Tier Oracle Y N Y N 11G 11G 11G R2\12с 11G R2 \12с Y Any ed OS Y LoadRunner and Performance Center (12.56) 18

20 Protocol Program Supported versions Supported servers Native 64- bit client recording IPv6 HPE NV 9.13 IP spoofing Speed emulation Load Generator OS Multiprotocol Comments Non-Web protocols COM/DCOM N/A N/A N/A N N N N N Any ed Windows OS Y C Vuser N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Y Y N Any ed OS N Support for replay only. DNS (Domain Name Resolution) N/A N/A N/A N Y Y Y N Any ed OS N Support for replay only. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) N/A N/A Y Y Y Y Y Any ed OS Y FTPS is ed in passive mode only. LDAP (Listing Directory Service) Based on Microsoft API Based on Mozilla API (Oracle) Sun ONE 5.2 Oracle DS 11 Y N Y N Y Any ed OS Y Windows Sockets Winsock 2.x N/A Y Y Y Y Y Any ed OS Y Third-party protocols SMP (SAP Mobile Platform) 2.3 N/A N/A Y Y N Any ed Windows OS N Same as.net protocol. To get updated details about the ed versions, contact MQTester (Client and Server) WebSphere MQ N N N N N Any ed Windows OS N OpenText. Third-party solution by OpenText. See MQTester documentation for more details and for contact information. Refer to AppDelivery Marketplace for details: COAP N/A N Y N N Any ed Windows OS Y Third-party solution by Endpoint IOT. Open source protocols JMeter Apache JMeter Apache JMeter 2.13 Apache JMeter 3.1 Apache JMeter 3.2 Apache JMeter 3.3 Java 1.7 Java 1.8 N/A N/A N/A N N N Any ed OS N No interference on script execution with Apache JMeter. LoadRunner and Performance Center (12.56) 19

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